Eliel Saarinen
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Eliel Saarinen was a Finnish-American architect and urban planner renowned for his influential early modernist designs, including the Helsinki Central railway station and his work at the Cranbrook Academy of Art.
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architect
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designer ⓘ human ⓘ urban planner ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1873-08-20 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Grand Duchy of Finland
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Rantasalmi NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ |
| child |
Eero Saarinen
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lilian Swann Saarinen ⓘ
surface form:
Eva-Lisa Saarinen
Heikki Saarinen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Finland
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United States of America ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1950-07-01 ⓘ |
| designed |
Cranbrook Academy of Art
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surface form:
Cranbrook Academy of Art campus
Cranbrook Art Museum ⓘ
surface form:
Cranbrook Art Museum building
Cranbrook Institute of Science building ⓘ Cranbrook Schools ⓘ
surface form:
Cranbrook School for Boys
First Christian Church, Columbus, Indiana ⓘ Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ Kingswood School for Girls ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Helsinki University of Technology
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surface form:
Polytechnic Institute of Helsinki
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| employer | Cranbrook Academy of Art ⓘ |
| familyName | Saarinen ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
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furniture design ⓘ textile design ⓘ urban planning ⓘ |
| fullName | Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Eliel ⓘ |
| influenced |
Cranbrook Academy of Art
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surface form:
Cranbrook design community
Eero Saarinen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| movement |
Art Nouveau
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National Romantic architecture ⓘ
surface form:
National Romantic style
early modernism ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early modernist architectural designs
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influential urban planning schemes for Helsinki and other cities ⓘ integrated campus planning at Cranbrook Academy of Art ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Chicago Tribune Tower
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surface form:
Chicago Tribune Tower competition design
Cranbrook Academy of Art ⓘ
surface form:
Cranbrook Academy of Art campus
First Christian Church, Columbus, Indiana ⓘ Helsinki Central railway station ⓘ National Museum of Finland ⓘ
surface form:
National Museum of Finland (design competition entry and related work)
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| occupation |
architect
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educator ⓘ urban planner ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
head of architecture department at Cranbrook Academy of Art
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president of Cranbrook Academy of Art ⓘ |
| spouse | Loja Saarinen ⓘ |
| workedIn |
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
NERFINISHED
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Detroit metropolitan area ⓘ Helsinki ⓘ |
| yearOfMigration | 1923 ⓘ |
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